new release Archive
26 Aug 2021
Album Review: Anton Barbeau — Oh The Joys We Live For
Over the course of his career, Anton Barbeau has confounded those who would pigeonhole him. But there is a consistency of creative vision that connects his varied works. Whether as […]
25 Aug 2021
Album Review: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram — 662
More than a century and a half after it began, and some 85 years after Robert Johnson recorded two-dozen plus songs, the blues is in good hands. While a few […]
24 Aug 2021
Album Review: Star Collector – Game Day
Devotees of rock and pop will know that “Star Collector” is a classic Monkees tune from their high-watermark 1967 album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. It’s also the name […]
23 Aug 2021
Album Review: Alex Chilton — Boogie Shoes
If there’s such a thing as an obscure legend, Alex Chilton is one. While he was in fact the lead singer in a popular ‘60s pop group (Box Tops) and […]
22 Aug 2021
Album Review: Wanderlust — All a View
Roch Parisen’s review of Wanderlust’s 1995 debut name-checks some useful touchpoints to place the Nashville band’s music in context: The Searchers, Beau Brummels, Brds and Bay City Rollers. For music […]
21 Aug 2021
Album Review: Mahogany Frog – In the Electric Universe
These days, much of what sees release through Leonardo Pavkovic’s venerable MoonJune label tends toward jazz/fusion. That’s great, as the label brings some of the best those styles have to […]
20 Aug 2021
Album Review: Lennie Tristano — The Duos Sessions
Strictly speaking, jazz is uncommercial music. Not that the artists eschew the possibility of commercial success; it’s simply that jazz is a specialist genre. From the perspective of sales revenues, […]
19 Aug 2021
Album Review: Greg Antista and the Lonely Streets — Under the Neon Heat
When we last checked in with this South California rock quartet about two years ago, they had released their debut album, Shake, Stomp and Stumble. As I wrote at the […]
18 Aug 2021
Nina Simone is #trending in 2021
Nina Simone is trending in 2021. Nearly two decades after her death, the Tryon, N.C.-born musician, vocalist songwriter and civil rights activist is as popular as ever. Just over a […]
15 Aug 2021
Album Review: Laura Nyro — Go Find the Moon
Standing in sharp contrast to the sharp and seasoned performer of 1994 found on Trees of the Ages is the Laura Nyro heard on Go Find the Moon: The Audition […]